Report: Black Missouri drivers still get stopped more often
Thursday, June 2, 2016
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Black drivers in Missouri were nearly 70 percent more likely than whites to get stopped by the police last year, marking a slight improvement from the year before but showing there still are significant racial disparities in such stops.
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